What is HexcelCrate™?

There’s a new crating solution transforming the way businesses ship products. HexcelCrate™ is a wood-free, sustainable crating system designed to deliver superior protection while reducing costs, waste, and handling time.

We’re excited to introduce this innovative alternative to traditional wood crates. In this article, you’ll learn:

• How the HexcelCrate™ corrugated crating system works
• Why it outperforms conventional wooden crates in both protection and efficiency
• How sustainable packaging solutions like HexcelCrate™ are reshaping modern logistics

Once you see the benefits, you’ll understand why so many companies are ready to ditch the wood and switch to HexcelCrate™.

Wood-Free Corrugated Crating 

HexcelCrate™ leaves traditional wood crating behind, delivering a smarter, safer, and more cost-effective way to ship high-value goods. Its durable corrugated design provides exceptional impact absorption and cushioning to protect even the most delicate or irregularly shaped items.

Built from high-performance materials, HexcelCrate™ wood-free crating is custom sized to fit the precise dimensions of your unique items. It’s ideal for these industries:

Aerospace and Defense: protection for high-value assets that require the utmost in care
Galleries and Art: cushions work with museum-quality levels of protection
Home Furnishings: secures bulky and fragile items shipped from the warehouse 
Machinery and Equipment: tailored protection for tough-to-protect products
Medical and Healthcare: reduces risk of damage that affects performance
Relocation and Moving: ideal for local, cross-country, or international transport

Reliability in shipping high-stakes products is a major reason why leaders in the aerospace field choose HexcelPack to protect their equipment. 

HexcelCrate™ vs. Traditional Wood Crating

When you compare HexcelCrate™ to conventional wood crates, the advantages are clear. Across every category, from protection and efficiency to cost and sustainability, HexcelCrate™ delivers superior performance.

Shock Absorption and Impact Resistance

Product damage can cost your company thousands of dollars or more in returns, exchanges, insurance, delays, and lost business. And one-of-a-kind items, like art or antiques, can’t simply be replaced.

HexcelCrate™ solves this with advanced cushioning technology that absorbs shock and minimizes vibration better than wood. From the loading dock to final delivery, your cargo remains protected against impact, drop, or pressure changes.

Efficiency and Time Savings

Using HexcelCrate™ saves time spent packing and unpacking too, which streamlines your overall operation and boosts customer satisfaction.

For industries shipping sensitive or calibrated equipment, such as medical, laboratory, or aerospace devices, HexcelCrate™ offers an added advantage: it minimizes vibration during transit, eliminating the need for post-delivery recalibration. That means less downtime and faster installation.

At roughly one-third the weight of traditional wood, HexcelCrate™ also lowers labor effort, reduces fatigue, and enhances overall productivity.

Customer and Employee Safety

HexcelCrate™ uses no nails, screws, or splintering wood, removing common injury risks for both workers and recipients. The smooth, lightweight design protects products, and people, through every step of the supply chain.

Safer handling translates into:

• Fewer delays or insurance claims for injuries
• Improved online reviews from customers
• Preservation of high-value business contracts

Cost Effectiveness

HexcelCrate™ provides less damage, faster packing, and safer crating all save your business money.

You’ll also benefit from lower shipping and logistics costs thanks to the system’s lighter weight and tailored sizing. By right-sizing each crate, HexcelCrate™ cuts waste from excessive packaging and unnecessary void fill, delivering maximum protection with minimal materials.

Sustainability

Sustainability is built into every HexcelCrate™. Made from recyclable, paper-based materials, it’s both eco-friendly and reusable, making it ideal for companies that ship goods between facilities or clients regularly.

By choosing HexcelCrate™, you’re not only reducing waste and carbon emissions—you’re also supporting a circular packaging economy that aligns with modern environmental goals and corporate sustainability standards.

Why Sustainable Packaging Is So Popular

What happens to most traditional wood crating when it’s not needed anymore, which is usually only after one use? In most cases, it’s either discarded or burned, neither of which is good for the planet.

Traditional wood crates are often treated with chemicals for pest resistance or to reduce flammability. When these materials are burned, they release harmful emissions into the air. And when they’re thrown into landfills, those same chemicals can leach into soil, groundwater, and the atmosphere, continuing the cycle of pollution.

It’s a similar problem to plastics, which can take even longer to break down. When they disintegrate, plastics turn into microplastics and nanoplastics that are harmful to plants, animals, and people.

That’s why many businesses and consumers today are demanding sustainable packaging materials, like HexcelCrate™ and the full HexcelPack product family, including:

• HexcelWrap® product wrap
• HexaFil™ void fill
• HexcelStretch™ pallet wrap

Together, these innovations dramatically reduce the need for plastic, treated wood, and other synthetic materials, offering superior protection with minimal environmental impact.

It’s not just individual consumers driving the shift towards sustainable packaging, though many are leading the way, particularly within the Millennial and Gen Z demographics. These generations are more environmentally conscious than ever and expect the brands they support to reflect those values.

State governments and organizations like the European Union are also implementing new regulations regarding sustainable packaging, so it’s smart to get ahead of these requirements if you own or manage a business. By adopting sustainable packaging now, your business can strengthen its brand reputation, demonstrate corporate responsibility, and gain a competitive edge as eco-friendly practices become the standard across industries.

Try HexcelCrate™ Today and Save

You can use wood-free HexcelCrate™ on its own or in conjunction with other HexcelPack sustainable products for superior protection of your items and cost savings for your business.

We’d love to learn more about your current packaging process and the challenges you face with traditional wood crating. The team at HexcelPack specializes in creating customized solutions for packing, dispensing, shipping, and storage across multiple industries.

Reach out to our team today to learn more. Say goodbye to wood—and hello to a better way to crate with HexcelCrate™.